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[TRANSMISSION RECEIVED, LENGTH 1544]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ca failure in the garden of eden.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[RELAYING PART ONE]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ca failure\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(i don\u2019t believe in You)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

put me at God\u2019s feet
i\u2019ll look Her in the eyes
until She starts to cry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the ocean rises with Her tears
She weeps at Her mistakes
i\u2019m still a failure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(the two of us aren\u2019t so different)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(we both ache to etch rivers into our skin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you can\u2019t tell the difference with your eyes closed
you\u2019ve got to have a twisted sense of humor
to call it Creation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i think it\u2019s easier not to believe in You
than to persecute you for your crimes
down here, they say it wasn\u2019t your fault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(i don\u2019t think i\u2019d convince the jury)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[FULL STOP]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[RELAYING PART TWO]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cin the garden\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the sun shines warmly in this garden, especially with you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the thrifted-blue-skirt-with-the-matching-vest-best-friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the edge-of-death-stronger-than-anyone-revolutionary-girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the triple-kiss-first-date-with-the-good-advice-boy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the way-too-caring-so-i-find-it-easier-to-lie-to-you-parent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the late-night-breakdown-in-the-car-all-those-years-ago-witness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the failure-staring-at-her-eyebags-in-the-mirror-girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the six-in-eight-billion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you, the living proof<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we stare into the pond together, smiling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(the smooth surface is disturbed by rain)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

my reflection melts away, narcissus to medusa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

frozen in fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i see myself as i truly am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[FULL STOP]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[RELAYING PART THREE]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cof eden\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RE: RE: I DONT EXIST<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

two corks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you know what needs to be done. stare into the mirror and rehearse her name a few more times. don\u2019t spend another weekend crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you\u2019ll never forgive me for killing him, i know that.<\/s>
i\u2019ll never forgive you if she dies before i\u2019m introduced, you know that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

your clock is ticking too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Eden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[FULL STOP]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[END OF MESSAGE]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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